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; THE WEATHER ;
" Cloudy today,- ' eooler;
.TedBeaday probably - fair;
3 fax. " Temp, - Monday 94,
Mia. 49, rirer 3.4 feet,
partly cloudy, - northerly
wind. '
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FOUNDED 1831
EHIIITY-HRST YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning Angust Ig, 1931
No. 123
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TRUCK DRIVERS
SELLK1G GOODS
WILL BE TAXED
Outsiders FJust pay:$25 for
Privilege, bfdinance
7-v: Passed Requires" . :-r
Bnilding Inspector Handed
-Additional Duties of
'' , Collecting Fees . "
the cUy cojuiciy'y it 'lTe of
Its 1i4 membrV absent; lumbered
toxbaa-B a pQt and rone-balf of
routine bnsinets last night before
adjournment cot short. one of the
dullest v sessions. 6f the season.
ControTerslal , matters Including
the question of municipally own
ed "water system and the censor-
ship of ail gang morles slumbered
in committees and were not dis
cussed.'. . -
- Alderman : Watson Townsend
furnlsbed the highlight ot . the
meeting with his report on new
sources of revenue , for the city.
"Our committee has- found: that
Salem" has many sources ot un
touched municipal vreTenue,"
Townsend reported.-"Other cities
are getting . considerable sums
where we get nothing and thue
are relieving the burden on real
property." ' - - '
Sees Possibilities
Of New Revenue
Townsend recommended as an
initial step in securing" new reve
nues that (1) the city building
inspector also be made a license
inspector with power-to secure the
collection of more licenses already
required by ordinance and (2)
that wholesale peddlers and sell
ers.' including ' out-of-town truck
drivers who sell goods In Salem,
be subjected to taxation. ;
Before the meeting was ended
Townsend saw through third read
ing and passage a bill, putting a
2 S annual tax on all trucks from
out of the city selling goods in
Salem and annual tat of $100 on
any firm engaging In the business
of bill collecting. He also fathered
a bill which passed, designating
the city building inspector-as col
lector of all new and oTd licenses
levied . by the city. - I
By unanimous vote the council
empowered the sewer committee
to have the disposal of sewage
from the Hickory street sewer
made .more satisfactory. The pro
posal1 of City Engineer Rogers Is
to have a channel dog through an
Island in the river in North Salem
which will allow a current to en
ter the stagnant water where the
sewer now enters. Sixteen prop
erty holders In North Salem, with
Mrs. Sophie Weber as spokesman,
urged that the sewer be improved.
Want City Firemen
At Fairgrounds 7
Request for .the use of all the
equipment jin the North Salem
fire station! during the state fair
next month was made by James
Preble, representing Max Gehlhar,
director ot agriculture. Preble ex
plained that curtailed appropria
tions for the fire made.it impos
sible to hire special firemen as in
former years. s -
Alderman W. H. Dancy, chair
man Jktt the fire . committee, ob
, jected to removing the equipment
to the fairgrounds. He said the
North Salem station stood ready
to give the same protection to the
fairgrounds as to any districtJn
that area. He also'said thatthe
small truck, in the downtown sta
tlon could e loaned to the fair
board duriag the . nine-day-show.
Dancy said that more care with
cigarettes and cigars, especially
In the barns at. the fairgrounds,
would greatly curtail the fire
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DOLLAR 'WON'T TALK
. ALBANY, Ore., Aug. 17 (AP)
Report of impending - logging
operations In the Dollar Timber
company holdings on the upper
Calapooia river was given impetus
here today when J. H. Dollar, San
Francisco, member of 'the com
pany, announced he planned to
bring his family here to llve.-
Dollar refused to discuss the
rumor. The holdings will be tap
ped "by the Oregon Electric ex
tension now under construction in
eastern Linn county. ( . . ':
RAIN LITTLE HELP.
BEND, Ore., Aug. 17 (AP) -Many
fires were set today.by
a thunder, storm which . bora-.
barded the dry Deschutes for
ests. The fires appeared in the -territory
from Fort Rock north
to the Metollus country. :'
Bend was dampened by .10
Inch rain, the first shower In
SO days. The timbered country
received little precipitation.
. SOURCE UNKNOWN ,1
ASHLAND. Ore., Aug. 17
(AP)-r Windows rattled, dishes
. danged and porches creaked . in
: Talent and Phoenix, north of
here, last night to the accompani
ment of a distant rumble . and
roar. Today, as residents com
pared notes, no definite explana
tion for the phenomenon could be
Jonnd.
. Guilty, -Trio-Sentenced . Without 1
1 I Delay For Murders in Michigan
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From the left In top picture, Frank Oliver, Fred Smith and Nathan
. BlacJutone, aenteaced to life Imprisonment the same day they were
arrested for the murder of two young men aad two girls near
Tpailantl, Mich. They set fire to the car after the murders. Below,
, angry crowd outside Ann Arbor jail rushing the car in which the
slayers were being removed to the penitentiary.
oil looms on
SOLDIER HOWIE SITE
Reports Eugene is Favored
l Appear Propaganda
: ' . Hawley Avers '
"A" meetine- of the veterans
board of the federal gorernment
Is expected witnin tne next two
days at j Washington, D. , ac
cording j to Congressman W. C.
Hawley who said yesterday he
had been advised to tnat eriect
through bis office in the capital.
Congressman Hawley said he con
tinued confident that Roseburg
would be chosen. Recent reports
from Washington to the contrary
are unofficial and are presumably
propaganda, the congressman la;
dlcated. I
Hawley returned over the
weekend from Denver, Colorado
where he attended a ' Quarterly
meeting of the head managers or
executive committee of the Wood
men of the World. That organ
isation is in exceptionally sound
condition, he i stated. A recent
audit showed all accounts In good
order and interest earnings high.
- During the week the managers
of the company Invested f 650,000
in -municipal bonds to yield five
and one-tenth per cent. Most of
the bonds are on cities in the
Mississippi valley. Reserve-funds
of the association are now nearly
ten millions of dollars.
Change Gradual to
Reserve , Basis
Congressman Hawley said a
Small part ot the Insurance ot the
W; O. W. was still on the assess
ment basis with as many assess
ments being levied each montll as
was necessary. Under state laws
most -of the policies have -been'
forced -into the reserve basis and
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Logging Plans Rumored - -
. rUghtning Starts Fires .
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. Mystery Blast Puzzles .
Painter is too "Clever
Some thought it was an earth
quake. Others a giant 'explosion
and still others a by-product of an.
electric storm in progress in the
mountains at the time. No blast
was reported in the vicinity.- -
FIXES UP LICENSE
ALBANY. Ore.. Aug. 17 (AP)
One word too many cost Ed Os
ford, Brownsville, the price of an
automobile license and a S10 fine
here today. ;
So expertly had he repainted
his 130 plates that they looked
just like-the new oner. But he
had copied too well. He Included
the word, "expires." That was
what attracted' the state officer's
eye. r . .
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SUES DETECTIVES
PORTLANDf Ore...Aug. 17
(AP) Suit for 5000 damages
was filed in circuit court here to
day by i " Frank Reed, logger,
against II. H. Horack and Albert
11. Eichenberger, . police detec
tives. Reed charged false arrest
and assault and battery.
The officers arrested Reed re
cently d the ground" that 'they
believed he had a gun in his pock
et when he watched them guard
Ing the depositing of the day's
baseball receipts. - The gun
turned out to be Reed's handles
arm. : Reed was charged with re
sisting arrest and was fined $25
and given a suspended f 0-day Jail
sentence.
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Diver may Find Explanation
Of Disappearance is
Report to Roche ' i
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CHICAGO. ! 'Acg. 17 (AP)
Patrick Roche, chief investigator
for the state's- attorney, said to
night he had. received informa
tion that the bodies of several
mysteriously missing gangsters
were at the bottom of a water
filled rock quarry, 100 feet deep,
near Chicago.
Roche said be was considering
sending deep-sea divers into the
quarry. Information about " the
supposed secret burying plaee was
obtained, Roche said, through an
underworld source he considers
reliable.
"The quarry is 100 feet deep
and filled with cold water from
springs In the bottom," he said.
"We are sending a diver to the
place tomorrow to obtain an esti
mate on the cost of making a
complete search. - -
. Among the suspected gangsters
who have disappeared in . recent
months, Roche pointed out, are
Leo Mongoven, reputed lieutenant
of George (Bugs) Moran. the for
mer 'north side gang leader and
Tommy Abbott, who was reported
to have been kidnapped by rival
liquor runner.
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CHICAGO, ' Aug. 17 (AP)
Jnllus- Rosenwald's attorney today
characterised ' as "a stale after
thought" Frank L. Smith's
charges in an open letter" that
Rosenwald had offered him 10.
000 shares of Sears-Roebuck stock
as an inducement to abandon his
campaign for the United States
senate in 1921.
"The community knows Mr.
Rosenwald; It also knows Frank
Smith, the attorney, Leo F.
Wormser, said. - - -
The alleged refusal of Frank I.
Smith; Illinois senator-elect In
1926, to accept a $550,000 bribe
from Julius- Rosenwald,- philan
thropist, did not enter : into
Smith's ineligiblty to the senate.
according to announcement made
here Monday by Senator MeXary.
Sanator McNary was a member
of the congressional committee
that refused Smith a seat in the
United States senate because of
alleged excessive campaign ex
penditures, i , : , ; I .
Firemen Called' r
: To Grass Blaze
SILVERTON, ' Aug. i 17 The
Silverton fire department was
called to the Carl Herlgspad farm
located southeast of here tonight
to extinguish a grass fire which
had gotten out or control. The
fire burned about fire acres ot
pasture and brush land and was
threatening a stand of trees when
the. fire, department arrived and
put the blase under control.
. CLAIM FIRES SET
BEND. Ore.. Aug. 17i (AP)
Madras. Ore., officials, today sent
a call here for state police to In
vestigate supposedly Incendiary
hay fires In the Trout Creek coun
try near Ashwood, -
bAisGSTERS
BODIES
QUARH
REPORT
CHAR6ES Of ITU
DEEM
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LEGION LEADER
Organization, not Id Favor
Of Pensions, ' O'Neil 7:
1 V Says jn Reply
Carnegie J Investigator hot
Well Informed; 'Loans
Held Well Used '
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug.. 17
( AP ) "For - historical Inaccuracy
this section will occupy a. niche
which Is unique' in , annals ' of
pseudo-sclentitie utterances."
In that statement made here to
night. Ralph T. O'Neil, national
commander of the American Le
gion, gave his reply to the section
labeled, "Patriotism,- pensions and
Politics.", in the 25th annual re
port of President Emeritas Henry
S. Prltchett of the Carnegie foun
dation for the advancement of
teaching. . ; . - -
-"Prltchett said, tn that section
of the report issued last night.
American ' Legion leaders ' had
served "plain notice of a raid on
the treasury." During the war
it was assumed,' he said, .that in
surance would prevent pensions
raids on the treasury In behalf of
veterans such as followed the civ
il war.
"The section is replete with
misinformation and- the conclu
sions are based on false conclu
sions and utterances," O'Neil de
clared. "The report denounces world
pensions yet the author has not
taken the time nor thetronble to
investigate and find-out that the
American Legion has never spon
sored pension legislation. '
"Someone, has given the doctor
a wrong cue." -
O'Neil said definite informa
tion gathered by the Legion show
ed that, except In rare instances.
veterans asking for loans on their
adjusted service certificates have
been greatly in need.
"The loans are from the veter
ans reserve fund which Is an as
set that belongs to the. veterans
and Is held 'ln trulttorr them by
the . treasury - department," ' he
said. '"!"" 1
JAPAN EAGER FOR
linn visit
TOKYO. Aur. 17. (AP) The
flying Lindberghs were Just
around the corner tonight from
their vacation land of Japan,
waitlnr at Petronavlovsk on the
southeast shore of Kamchatka
peninsula for thunderstorms to
wear themselves out on the Kurile
Islands and betake themselves to
the open Pacific
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh
and his wife, Anne, dubbed "The
Little Blue Goose" by the Eskimo
women at Atlavik because of her
flying abilities, had hoped to fly
tomorrow the 97 miles from
PetropavlovBk to Nemuro, . on
Hokkaido Island 613 miles north
of here, but the storms and re
ports of fog further north de
terred them.
Interviews with the filers In the
Russian town, a center for the
mining and fishing industries, in
dicated they were In good spirits
and enthusiastic over their trip.
which thus far has taken them
across the .North American con
tinent to the northern tip of Alas
ka and down across the Ice-cluttered
Bering sea to Siberia..
Meanwhile. - Japah is excited
over the coming visit.
Lightning Adds
: Fire Perils in
Inland Empire
SPOKANE, Aug. 17. (AP)
Forest fires on far-flung fronts
roared around Inland Empire
towns tonight, destroying farm
homes and endangering human
life, while from the skies thunder
bolt firebrands were being rock
eted Into as yet untouched timber.
Some residents of Troy in north
central Idaho fought desperately
to check , a. conflagration two
miles from their doorsteps while
others stood by to hurry packed
belongings to safety on a change
in the wind. A band 1000 sheep
was .trapped and the fate of an
unidentified jierder was unknown.
At least seven farms were wiped
out. -
Residents of Forest, a tiny
hamlet on Craig mountain, south
west of Troy, trenched their town
as another fire gnawed at the out
skirts. One building, a vacant resi
dence, was burned, but the wind
died down early tonight. ;
Lightning Kills
Youth in Idaho
MALAD, Idaho, Aug. 17
(AP) Albert Madsen, If, was
killed, one of his brothers was
rendered unconscious and three
other brothers were " knocked
down by lightning which struck
themvwhlle they were returning
to their home here is a buggy
from work in the field tonight. -
China ; Starts
MoveTqward.
BuytegGrain
- WASHINGTON; Aug. ; 7
(AP) The Chinese government
today eegan'' negotiations toward
the purchase of farm board
wheat for the relief of flood suf
ferers' in the Yangtse river valley.-
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-'An Informal Inquiry' 'was' ad
dressed to the state department
to learn the amount - et ' wheat
available on .credit terms. No def
inite proposition - was 1 Included
either as to terms or quanity.
: The communication, forward
ed by the American .consulate at
Nanking, was sent on to the farm
board. .The ' board 1 controls' mote
than 100,000,000 . bushels-" of
wheat;; : T-"'"' ;;"."'-.,'
, Meanwhile two more rejections
of lt cotton ' destruction plan
Were received by the board.' They
came from the goyernors of ' Ar
kansas and . Oklahoma who sub
mitted counter proposals to the
suggestions of plowing tinder ev
ery third rov. of standing cotton
as a 'means of reducing supplies
and Increasing prices.
At least- even of the fourteen
governors have rejected the plan.
Six .hare offered other proposals
to accomplish the same purpose.
In view . of Chairman Stone's
indication tn&t ten of the largest
cotton states must agree. Aban
donment - 'Ot - the - plan appears
certain-
RAINIER CLIMBED
BY CHEMEKETANS
i
Nine Reach Summit and see
Neighboring Peaks; As
cent Strenuous
The supreme test of mountain
climbers in the northwest, Mt
Ralnlerf was successfully passed
Sunday by nine Chemeketans,
while three others got as far as
as Camp Comfort at the 12,600
foot level, and ' several went no
further than Muir cabin, the
overnight stop, 'according to Rob
ert Keudell, ; Willamette univer
sity student who. was one of the
Pftrt.'. ., . . ,. vU . ; .
The party .started at 1 a. m.
Sunday, from Muir cabin, . which
tney reached f Saturday night,
traveling at first by the light of
electric torches, and were at the
summit or the! 14.000 foot peak
by 8:30. After U 5. minutes spent
at the top. Columbia crest, the
group descended to Paradise val-
hley, arriving at 3:30. Several
peaks in the Cascade range were
seen from the summit, although
visibility was not the besC The
Salem ' mountaineers reported
the climb was. very strenuous,
particularly since only a few
hours sleep wer taken that
night, .
Those negotiating the goal In
cluded: Gussle Js'otdurtt, Robert
Keudell, Esther . Lyle, Edith
Clement, Gladys Miller, Dick Up
john, Harry Barley. Art Boesch
en. Homer McCalan,' Walter Rob
inson, Mr. Varney, Portland, and
Ray Langton, Taeoma.' Douglas
Ward, a Paradise park guide, led
the party in their ascent.
Bessie Smith. ' Lillian Block
and Dr. Leo Lewis reached Camp
Compfort, the stopping point for
many hikers who begin the
grueling climb. ' ...
This trip was the big event of
the Chemeketans' annual outing,
which ends Saturday.. '.:
Dempsey Files z
Divdrce Plaint;
Xruelty Charge
, RENO. Nev.. Aug. 17 (AP)
His six year romance with Estelle
Taylor blasted. Jack Dernpsey.
former heavyweight champion of
the world, filed suit here today
for a divorce from his actress
wife.. : . - .
The ; complaint filed after - a
complete breakdown of negotia
tions whereby Miss Taylor sought
to have Dempsey buy back ' for
her her $100,000 house he gave
her as a . wedding gift, charged
mental cruelty, and did not go
into detail. ,
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 17
(AP) ? Estelle Taylor, motion
picture actress, today Instructed
her attorney to fll in the Los
Angeles courts a suit for. divorce
against Jack Dempsey, former
heavyweight champion, almost
Immediately after she received
word that Dempsey had Instituted
a divorce action at Reno, Nev.
Hoover's Autos
Now Homeless;
Stables Razed
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WASHINGTON. Aug. '17
(AP) Tho White Clause stables,
like the horses once boused there,
have ceased to be part ot the exe
cutive domain. .
Consequently President . Hoov
er's fleet of automobiles has been
dispossessed and for a while will
be kept In a rented garage until
a solution for the parking prob
lem has been found. -
The stables In which the presi
dential machines were stored for
a long time, are being raxed to
make way for the public health
building.
OIL PRICES TO
RISE AS TEXAS
OUTPUT HALTED
NatiohaUGuard on; DQfV to
SeeThat Production $
- - Ceasesat ; OficeS-i
Similar; Moves in Oklahoma
- and Kansas -to Have
: Effect; Fofecastv
V V
U. KILGORE, . Tex.; Aug.'-17-"
(AP) Higher prices far1 iaidedn
tin en t crude - and Tossible stab
lixation of - the American .'petroleum-
Industry "were predicted by
oil executives; tonighf as the groat
east. Texas' prodnclngArea.' placed
under - martial - law by" Governor
Ross 8. Sterling, ceased, to -gush
Its demoralising -flood of oil. ;'".
Nearly . a thousand, Texas na
tional guardsmen went on duty In
four east. Texas counties to en
force Governor Sterling's, order
for a complete shut down of the
If, 000 producing oil and gas
wells In the area. . .
No resistance had. been met.
The larger oil -companies closed
their wells before the soldiers
arrived today : to " carry ont the
martial law proclamation Issued
at a. m."
Think Movement
Will Hare Effect
Leaders of the industry,- with
few - exceptions expressed the
view that with . flush fields of
Oklahoma already shut down by
Gov. W. H. Murray's martial law
edict and curtailment v measures
Impending In Kansas, midcontl
nent crude prices would climb
and there was real hope ot sta
bilisation. E. B. Reeser, president ot the
American petroleum institute and
head of the Barnsdall corpora
tion, said at Tulsa:
"The action of Governors Mur
ray and Sterling will prevent
physical' destruction . of property
and will enable the authorities of
the states to put Into effect pro
per and orderly proration. The
stabilisation of the petroleum' In
dustry will follow the complete
and orderly proration of the east
Texas field." - .-- - .
Decision as to' whether or not
the Capitol Post state champion
American Legion drum corps will
go to Detroit next month to com
pete for national honors will
probably be made .Wednesday
night at a practice meeting of the
group at dinger field . at 8
o'clock.
' The matter, according to J. T.
Delaney, hinges on the number of
corps members who will be able
to make the trip. It would be fu
tile, he believes, to enter, the rig
orous national contest without a
full corps ot trumpeters 'and
drummers. :- ."
If the decision is favorable to
going to Detroit, a .32500 fund
will have to be raised locally to
meet the state organization's ap
propriation ot the same amount,
to finance the journey. Plans are
already formulated for 'going
ahead with this campaign, accord
ing to Delaney. Putting them in
to action will depend on the. sen
timent ot the drum corps mem
bers for seeking the national
championship.
The Capitol Post paradeemen
took second place at the hatfonal
meet at San Antonio, Tex.. In
1928 and fifth, at the big conven
tion at Louisville, Ky., in 1929. .
TIE SEASON MARK
If any person here had an idea
the comparatively cool weather, ot
the past eight days was going to
last, such foolish ideas were sent
flying yesterday, when the ther
mometer kited up to 94 degrees.
It was the hottest day since Aug
ust 9, when the same tempera
ture prevailed.-
Despite an overcast sky. State
Forester Lynn Cronemlller said
late in the day no forest fires had
been reported from this section ot
the valley. The smoky condition
was probably the north wind's gift
from the heavy fires that have
been raging In Washington.
Humidity crept higher yester
day, reaching about 45 degrees. ;
-DRUM CORPS WILL
DETERMINE PLffi
MERCURY R SES TO
BENEFIT MATINEE IS SLATED
- FOR SATURDAY AT ELSINORE
Warner Bros. Els Ln ore theatrw has turned over its lioase
for next Saturday, afternoon for benefit in aid of families
who are In need of provisions. The admission to the afternoon
performance will be by nreseatins; one. or more articles :of
. foodstuffs which will be turned oyer to the SalvaUon Army
and the Associated Charities for distribution. - ' .
. SpecUl feature performance, Salem; drum corps will
play; dramatic number of local talent, and. regular jnovie
talkle performance. Show starts at 2 p. m.
'Plan to attend, or to leave provisiona at , the Elslnore
even If you do not take in the show.
n,l Til.
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Crash Injuries :
:Fatal;-Charges:
Involve Driver
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PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 17.
(AP) Injuries suffered Sunday
night when an automobile, pinned
him under his - own parked : ma
chine . caused: the death of E. C.
Sumner, 28, at a hospital here
tonight. -t r - " . - - t -r".--A
- charge ot Involuntary- man
slaughter was placed against War
ren Washburn, 41, alleged driver
of -the car which struck Sumner.
He was first arrested on a charge
of driving while drunk.-
CITY WILL REVIVE
WATEWD CASE
Rehearing Asked by Trindle
With Other Attorneys
As Intervenors
- Petition for rehearing in the
ease of W. H. Henderson vs.- the
City of Salem is to be filed Wed
nesday in the state supreme
court, W. H. Trindle, city attor
ney, - announced yesterday. The
ease concerns the validity of pro
posed bonds which were to hare
been issued for a municipal water
system under terms, ot the May
1C, 1931, charter amendment.
The court held the charter
amendment illegaL.
In the petition for rehearing,
Trindle contends to court erred
In holding, a primary election a
special election, where charter
amendments cannot be submitted.
He also contends- that the court
erred in holding the petition was
not flled SO days prtoT-to -elec
tion. The brief, filed for the re
hearing contends the city record
er Is nbt. required to check the
names on the petition for the
amendment with the registration
list 30 days before the date of
election. - ....... .
. Because of the vital point .In
volved in bond elections general
ly whether or not a prmary elec
tion is a special election Teal.
Winifree. McCulIoch and Shuler.
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BOINESS
The board of directors of the
Salem Building congress met last
night in .the directors' . room of
the First National bank building
to - discuss the program . which
they 1 will follow In the future to
encourage building and . to ' miti
gate the general depression in the
state, .The group plan to invite
the county committee which Gov
ernor Meier appointed to meet
with them and will seek 'to com
bine their efforts In helping to
better, conditions. The county
committee consists of Xndge John
C Segmund. E. F. Slade and B.
E. Sisson.'
Mr. Huston of Portland who
haa been with the local group of
men. and assisting then in per
fecting their organization haa re
turned, to Portland andthe Build
ing congress 'win now be in full
charge of local men.
- The next meeting is to be held
Monday, August 24 .
Mystery Deaths
Cause Home to
Be Quarantined
.PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 17
(AP) The state board of health
today placed - a. strict quarantine
on the John S. Burkey home at,
Hlllsboro as medical authorities
sought vainly to determine what
malady caused the death of his
son, Arnold, 12, four hours after
he was brought to a local hospital
Saturday. - JJf .
' A girl cousin of the boy died
of a similar ailment at the home
about two weeks ago, and the
boy's parents are reported I1L '
A poison theory was first ad
yanced, hut Dr. Harold B. Meyers
of the University of Oregon said
,A v tMA nt rwsil inn In an
J analysis of the : boy's stomaeh
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Machado's Statement
Tkat war Is Over .
' Bit Premature ; .
Decitive Battle Soon
On SquUi Coast
' I Forecast
HAVANA," Aug. 17. (AP)
Coincident with reportf from the
interior tonight that 2000 rebel
troops were - concentrating ' in
Santa Clara province, students elr-
vuiaiea ouueiins in Havana say
ing the revolutionary movement'
WOUld continue desnftA thk n.
tare and Imprisonment of former -
Tu.I -M A. f 1
rieoiueui xaanon u. jienocal. Col.
Carloa Mendleta and othpr o
tionlst leaders.
Word reach in r th Mnihi in.
night reported minor engagements
In Santa Clara province) today and
said a decisive battle was expected
in me ncinity of Trinidad on the
sooth coast of Cuba. Among the"
insurgents assembled in the pror
lnce were 1500 well armed troops,
reports from usually nn,Ku
sources said.
Portion of Army ,
sakl Deserting
. Unconfirmed messages said a
lieutenant of the Cuban army.,
whose name was not given, had
gone over to the oppositionist aids
taking 350 soldiers. vth him.
Another unconfirmed report said
a . boat named the Frederick II.
had landed on the south coast of
unente province with 500 men,
arms and ammunition.
Havana remained on let
strict censorship put into effect
uunng me afternoon. -Army offi
cers were insnectlnr renortu nd
an order was issued that news
must be submitted to the army
chief of staff.
Reports in the city, which were
not confirmed, said the reason
for the censorship was that the
army was expecting serious trou
ble in Havana shortly.
SANTA CLARA. Cuba. Aur. 17. .
(AP) -President Gerard o Ma
ehado ot Cuba tonight abandoned
pians for returning to . Havana
when Indications in this province,
the hotbed of the rerol at ion-
pointed tonight to the possibility
ot an imminent conflict between
Insurgents and. loyalists. He had
previously announced the rebel
lion had been quelled.
The presidential train maintain
ed a. full head of steam on the
siding here, but arrival of Senate
President Clemented Vasquei Bel
lo. like the president a natlre of
Sn.ta Clara province, lent
strength to the apparently au
thentic information the nresi-
dent's return would be postponed.
beveral brushes between infan
try and insurgents occurred oyer
the province today. All roads are -
carefully watched.
JOSEPH SILETJT D
HAKEf ASPIRATES
v Bert E. Haney, Portland attor
ney, may be a candidate for Unit
ed States senator next year bat if
so, George W. Joseph, Jr.; is not
making any advance announce
ments about it. Joseph was her
on legal and- political business
but denied that he was to manage-
the Haney campaign as has
been -suggested unofficially in
newspaper circles. "I'm busy with
law work .and not politics. Jo
seph commented. He added that
Haney was now on his vacation.
Haney is a democrat. H4
achieved national publicity la a
fight with President Calvin Coo
lidge when Haney was. a member
of the United States shipping
board. In recent years he haa
been a leader in telephone com
pany investigations in Portland.
Haney is a member of. the law
firm which Joseph, senior, head
ed. He is a close personal and
business friend of Governor Jul
ius L. Meier. 1
Clark Case Near
Climax; Goes to
Jury Tomorrow
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LOS ANGELES. Aug. 17
(AP) After a ; day In which
David H. Clark completed his
testimony, retelling the story of
the killing of Charles Crawford
and: Herbert Spencer, politicians,
and .recounting schemes of the
underworld,' the state and de
fense rested .- late today in the
murder trial of the former dep
uty district attorney.
Tomorrow final arguments will
be made and theease is expected
to reach the Jury of seven women
and five men Wednesday. Upon
th' Jurors will rest the responsi
bility of determining whether
Clark acted in self-defense or
committed murder in slaying th
men.